HUMMING THAT GODDAMNED KELLY CLARKSON SONG. f&%k. f#$k. i seriously sit in my cube all day, humming it under my breath, hoping no one hears me and thinks i'm crazy. i hum it as i'm opening the door to work. i hum it on the way to work. I CANNOT STOP. it's been this way for, i think, five days. when i'm not humming the refrain, i can HEAR IT IN MY HEAD.

i'm humming it now at 8:15 pm. i was humming it this morning at 8:15. GRAH.

also, to tot up on the list of other awesome things i did today:

• took old paper coffee cup to kitchen to refill with water and heat in the microwave for tea

• heated cup of water for 2:30 in a microwave that i did not realize appears to be powered by rocket fuel or nuclear fusion or something, and thus super-heats water in the span of 30 seconds

• attempted to remove cup from microwave and decided it was so hot i needed to wrap four paper towels around it to hold it

• walked down the hall back to my desk, thinking, 'wow, this is pretty full - it would suck if i splashed some of this on my hand'

• felt said cup slip from my hand

• watched in amazement / horror as cup flew in air, recently boiling water splashed across the entire back of my left hand and cup fell on floor, spilling water everywhere

• felt nothing special immediately and decided (with surprise) that i was fine and walked back to kitchen to throw away cup

• arrived at the kitchen and felt mild tingling in hand, like it was falling asleep

• AND SUDDENLY MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PAIN AND BRIGHT RED HAND.

yeah. it's been this way all day. took all the advil i had and put ice on it. advil wore off. hand still bright red and painful.